Lot 15
GEORGE EDMUND STREET (1824-1881)
SIDE CHAIR, CIRCA 1880
Auction: 19 April 2023 at 11:00 BST
Estimate: £300 - £500
Description
oak, with original close-nailed leather upholstered seat, branded marks
Dimensions
47cm wide, 89cm high, 49cm deep
Footnote
Literature: The Illustrated London News, January 6th 1883 where an illustration of the Barristers Room shows these chairs in situ.
Note: Street designed these chairs for the Law Courts, now the Royal Courts of Justice (which he also designed), which were opened by Queen Victoria in 1882.